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ずっと前に (ずっとまえに) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ずっと前まえに

Meanings

1

expression

a long time ago; long before

Used to refer to something that happened far in the past, often with a sense of temporal distance from the present.

ずっと前まえにその映えい画がを見みた。
I saw that movie a long time ago.
彼かれは、ずっと前まえに引ひっ越こしてしまった。
He moved away a long time ago.

Kanji

前in front, before

Similar words

昔むかし
昔 is a noun meaning 'old times' or 'long ago', often used in storytelling or to refer to a bygone era. ずっと前に is an adverbial phrase that emphasizes the temporal distance from now, and is more conversational.
だいぶ前まえに
だいぶ前に also means 'quite a while ago', but ずっと前に implies an even longer or more emphatic distance in time.

Etymology

A fixed phrase composed of ずっと (continuously, much) + 前 (before) + に (particle). The combination is lexicalized as an adverbial expression meaning 'a long time ago'.